Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]First off, I like your photo of the kids a lot. The picture has the immediacy and energy of the subject. But I guess I had assumed that Klein's look -- grain, in-your-face subjects and deep shadow and highlight -- was as much a consequence of his materials and lighting choices as a conscious style that he worked at. I find myself at first imitating those whose work I admire, then reacting against it as I zigzag toward doing something that could be described as my own. But my own current (and long time) choices, a 50mm Summicron and TriX and subjects lurking in lighting that is f2 at an 8th, end up yielding results similar to Klein Could be worse, I guess. At least as long as I keep away from eroded East-coast beach rocks. bh - ----- Original Message ----- From: "S Dimitrov" <sld@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 12:56 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] On a roll > Therein lays the crux of the matter, I wasn't going for a carbon copy. I > think that the European propensity for granularity, through exposure, > processing and printing controls, is an abhorrent practice. It maybe > that my attitude about it comes from spending so many decades under the > shadow of Adamite westcoast photographic culture. Truly a burden, but > one, I'm not loath to say, that I'll have to bear. > Slobodan Dimitrov > > > Bill Harting wrote: > > > > Love Klein's stuff. Wouldn't he have cropped down to maybe just the central > > four faces? > > And what about grain! > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html